Personally I would wait until it is rehabbed and staged to market the house.  

Located in the shopping center on the corner of Burnet and Research.

For example the neighborhood north of University between Country Club and Center. 

Granted she staged those houses and that is something you may have to do. 

In the last months, I have become a regular Dave Ramsey listener / fan (he's a personal finance guy that helps people who are mostly in debt, but also at all stages of financial planning).

My central focus at this early stage in my real estate career is to learn about wholesaling, but I am open to learning about other specialized methods of real estate investing as well.I look forward to obtaining knowledge and exchanging ideas with all of you!

It's in rehab, I have not yet gotten to the rentup stage, but so far so good.There is a BP member from Auben on the site, Chad Heard, but his account has been inactive.  

I consider this my due diligence stage and so all areas have to at least be investigated and charted on a plus/minus chart.

Im a newer investor from the Chicago area as well, and I'm in my early stages of building my wholesaling business also.

But in my city, once the city identifies a section as a place to rehab they offer incentives for businesses, developers, and investors to go in and make the neighborhood better. then the city goes in and upgrades the infrastructure; new roads, sewers, parks, community centers, etc.